In the debate over whether radio-frequency emissions from handsets cause adverse human health effects, the wireless telecommunications industry should borrow a page from the energy industry. Recently, the Wall Street …
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-The Illinois Commerce Commission on Friday approved the proposed merger between Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp., bringing the $53 billion deal a step closer to reality. The proposed …
WASHINGTON-Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), ranking minority member of the Governmental Affairs Committee, called for a congressional investigation into whether mobile phones pose a health risk to the nation’s 80 million …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it proposed unified Time Division Multiple Access technology guidelines that would allow interoperability and easier migration between TDMA technology and the Frequency Division Multiple Access technology …
Low-earth-orbit satellite voice provider Globalstar L.P. has reduced the number of handsets expected to be available at the end of the year from 70,000, as announced in September, to between …
As Sprint PCS shuts down its Global System for Mobile communications network in Washington, D.C., at the end of this month, speculation is increasing about what will happen to the …
WASHINGTON-House Republicans last week signaled their intention to pursue Federal Communications Commission reform sooner and in a more drastic fashion than envisioned by FCC Chairman William Kennard. “Five years is …
NEW YORK-Triton PCS Holdings Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, and US Unwired Inc., a Sprint PCS affiliate, were more successful than they anticipated in their capital raising efforts. …
Authentix Inc. will begin final carrier testing on SimplySay 1.0, its voice-activated e-mail and wireless portal system, the company said. The system allows users to access their e-mail via any …
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. reported $469.8 million in revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, a slight increase from the $445.8 million reported for third-quarter 1998. The company had net earnings …
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio-Bright Personal Communications Services Inc., a consortium of Ohio independent telecommunication providers, entered into a management agreement with Sprint PCS to provide Sprint PCS service in licensed areas covering …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile this week will introduce Share-A-Minute pricing that offers families and small businesses the option to share monthly access and home airtime minutes while combining free local …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Watkins-Johnson Co., which specializes in components and subassemblies for communications equipment, entered into a merger agreement with FP-WJ Acquisition Corp. FP-WJ is a new company formed by certain …
Perhaps the greatest indicator of how the wireless data industry has matured is the almost giddy buzz of excitement generated by this week’s Wireless I.T. show in Santa Clara, Calif., …
CALGARY, Alberta-Wi-LAN Inc. announced it filed an intellectual property statement with the International Telecommunication Union offering to make its Multi-code Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (MC-DSSS) patented technology available for licensing. …
VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Stanton said the carrier is likely to complete its mergers with Omnipoint Corp. and Aerial Communications Inc. in the first quarter …
WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers next year will begin paying nearly 6 percent of their interstate and international revenues to the federal universal-service fund, according to figures provided by the FCC’s Common Carrier …
TEMPLE, Texas-Nextel Partners Inc. announced the launch of Nextel Communication Inc.’s digital wireless service in Waco, Temple and Killeen, Texas, offering businesses service that combines digital cellular, two-way radio and …
Telstreet.com announced it offers wireless phones, service and accessories online. “Telstreet.com takes responsibility for the entire customer experience from buying to fulfillment to delivery of the order,” said Terry Dwyer, …
WASHINGTON-President Clinton last week vetoed the bill containing fiscal year 2000 spending for the Federal Communications Commission and signed the defense appropriations bill that contains language to auction spectrum before …
